Improvement in sofa-bedsteads



A; MORRIS. Sofa-Bedstead.

'Pat en'te dOct. 23, I877."

ATTORNEYS.

NJPEIIERS, PNDTO-LYITHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. D. c

ABRAHAM MORRIS, OlTNEW' YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SOFA-BEDSTEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,374, dated October23, 1877 application filed August 18, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ABRAHAM MORRIS, of NewYork city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved Sofa-Bedstead, of which the following is a specification In theaccompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinalsection of my improved bed-lounge, shown folded up as a lounge. Fig. 2is a front elevation of the bed-lounge, showing the hinged seat-sectionand swiveled head-section in the act of being opened; and Fig. 3 is aside elevation of the same, also shown in the act of being swung intoopen position.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This inventionrelates to an improved bedlounge, that may be quickly andconveniently opened to form a bed, and folded up again into the shape ofa lounge, the parts working with great facility in opening and folding;and the invention consists of a swinging seat section hinged to thelounge-frame, and of a head-section swiveled centrally to the swingingsection, and connected at the upper rear corner by a strap with theheadsection of the lounge-fiame. The swiveled head-section has asupporting front foot that fits into a recess of the loimge-frame, andto corner-recesses of the head-piece of the same.

The swivel-connection of the swinging seatsection and headpiece issteadied by pins of the seat-section bearing on the sides of theswivel-plate of the head-section.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the main part or lounge-frame,and B the headsection of my improved bed-lounge. A swingingseat-section, O, is hinged to the front part of the loimge-frame, andopened outwardly in the customary manner, forming, when in entirely openposition, together with the loimgesection, a regular bed. Ahead-section, D, fits over the headpiece B of the lounge-frame, and isswiveled centrally to the end piece of the swinging seat-section C, soas to be lifted and carried in outward position simultaneously with theswinging of the seat-section O. The swiveled head-section D is connectedwith the head-piece B by a leather or other strap, E,

that is attached to the inner upper corner of the head-section D and tothe top of the head piece B, for the purpose of controlling the mo tionof the swiveled head-piece D, and compel it to turn into horizontalposition, adjoining the head-piece B, jointly with the swingingseat-section.

The head-section D has a rigid front foot, D, that supports the same inopen position, while the seat-section is supported on swinging legs inany approved manner. The foot D fits into a face-recess, a, of thehead-piece B, when swung back in the same, so as to be flush with frontpart of the lounge-frame. A top strip, 1), of the head-piece B is cutoff at both ends or corners, and fitted into the open part of thehead-section D, so that when the same is folded back 011 the head-pieceB it rests by its foot on the face-recess, and by its top part on thetop part of the head-piece B,

being steadily retained thereon without shaking by the recessed topstrip.

The swivel-connection of the seat-section O and head-section D is lockedfirmly, when the sections are in open or folded position, by twosteadying-pins, d, of the swivel-plate d of the seat-section O, as thepins bind on the straight sides of the fixed swivel-plate c of theheadsection, and pass readily along the roundedoif upper edge of theswivel-plate 0 during the swinging motion of the seat-section, as shownin Fig. 3.

The swiveled and strapconnected head-section D is operated automaticallyand simultaneously with the swinging of the seat-section into opened orfolded position, and rigidly supported when arriving in either position.This swivelQ-connection of seat-section and head-section requires,therefore, merely the swinging of the seat-section to open or fold thelounge, and makes the handling of the lounge readily understood, and thechange from lounge to bed, and vice versa, quickly and easily attendedto.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bed-lounge constructed of a main part or lounge-frame, with rigidhead-piece, and of a hinged swinging seat-section and movableheadseetion, swiveled centrally to seat-section and operated therewith,substantially as and for the purpose described. r V p 2. Thecombination, of the main frame A and fixed head-piece B with hingedseat-section G and a movable head-section, D; swiveled centrally toseat-section and connected by a top strap with fixed head-piece B,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of the main frame A and fixed head-piece B, havingface-recess a, with the hinged seat-section G andswiveled headseetion D,having rigid front foot D fitted into recess a, substantially as setforth.

4. The combination of main frame A and fixed head-piece B, h vingface-recess CL and end-recessed top strip b, with the swingingseat-section O and swiveled head-section D, 7

sections when in open or folded position, substantially as set forth.

' ABRAHAM MORRIS.

! lVitnesses FRANK BLooK'LnY, PAUL GOEPEL.

